Estimating Food Needs for an Anaheim Picnic

If you are having a picnic in Anaheim, you may be concerned about how much food to bring or purchase for the event. While it may seem like a difficult task to do, it is easy to estimate your needs when you sit down and think about it. With the below tips on your side, you will be able to ensure that you have enough food for everyone at your picnic without any problems. 1. Look at the Guest List Before you can begin planning, you need to think of who will be coming to the picnic and whether they’re an adult, child, or senior. Try to have a definite number by a certain date and require that people RSVP so that you can plan accordingly. Of course, you will want to overestimate by a bit, especially if you have a bunch of maybes on the list. When you begin looking at the list create two columns – one for large eaters and one for small eaters. All seniors and kids should be placed on the small eaters list and all adults under big eaters. 2. Estimate Your Needs There are a couple of different ways that you can estimate the actual amount of food that is needed. Typically, a large eater or an adult will eat about a pound of food while the lighter eaters will eat roughly 1/2 pound of food. This can work out to different measurements of food depending on what you are having at your picnic. For example, if you plan to have a pasta dish, you can estimate roughly 6 ounces per person. For salad, you can estimate one large scoop for each person. When it comes to vegetable, you will want to estimate roughly 6 to 8 pieces per person. When it comes to meat, you can estimate anywhere between 5 ounces and 8 ounces per person. If you are going to use a meat with a bone such as ribs or pulled pork, or anything similar, you want to estimate about one pound person. Lastly, you will need to consider how many drinks you need to have per person. A two-liter bottle of soda will get you about 10 glasses that are 8 ounces in size. You should estimate two drinks per person. If you plan on serving beer or wine, you will need to have more on hand than soda. For instance, a bottle of wine will serve about four to six people once. Get Help if You Need It If you need help planning your event, you can contact a local event planner to help you plan your picnic and food needs. It is best to have a bit of extras on hand in case unexpected guests show up, but you do not want to have so many leftovers that you are wasting food either so planning is essential.

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